diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
index ed41559bae771b8d58e49f21a46f7a79d9f20cac..b553409e04ad33ed50fafe3bdaa8de74d965e6eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ static int csr0 = 0x01A00000 | 0x4800;
 #elif defined(__mips__)
 static int csr0 = 0x00200000 | 0x4000;
 #else
-#warning Processor architecture undefined!
-static int csr0 = 0x00A00000 | 0x4800;
+static int csr0;
 #endif
 
 /* Operational parameters that usually are not changed. */
@@ -1982,6 +1981,12 @@ static int __init tulip_init (void)
 	pr_info("%s", version);
 #endif
 
+	if (!csr0) {
+		pr_warn("tulip: unknown CPU architecture, using default csr0\n");
+		/* default to 8 longword cache line alignment */
+		csr0 = 0x00A00000 | 0x4800;
+	}
+
 	/* copy module parms into globals */
 	tulip_rx_copybreak = rx_copybreak;
 	tulip_max_interrupt_work = max_interrupt_work;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 9beb3d34d4bad9f81ec8c11c560150d8b4640ed8..3c0e4d5c5fef41a8fe1fe99c0a163d30cd74fc31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static void init_registers(struct net_device *dev)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SPARC) || defined (CONFIG_PARISC) || defined(CONFIG_ARM)
 	i |= 0x4800;
 #else
-#warning Processor architecture undefined
+	dev_warn(&dev->dev, "unknown CPU architecture, using default csr0 setting\n");
 	i |= 0x4800;
 #endif
 	iowrite32(i, ioaddr + PCIBusCfg);